CHINA'S 35 MILLION NON-CHINESE
TABLE 1
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CHINA'S MINORITY POPULATIONS IN ORDER OF SIZE,
1. Chuang
2. Wei-wu-erh (Uighur)
3. Hui (Dungan)
4. Yi (Lolo, etc.)
1953
5. Tsang (Tibetan)
6. Miao
7. Man (Manchu)
8. Meng-ku (Mongol)
9. Pu-yi
10. Ch'ao-hsien (Korean)
11. Tung
12. Yao
13. Pai (Pai-man)
14. Ha-sa-k'e (Kazakh)
15. Ha-ni
16. T'ai
17. Li
18. Li-su
19. Tu-chia
20. She
21. K'a-wa (Wa)
22. Kao-shan (Malay-Polynesian)
23. Tung-hsiang
24. Na-hsi (Na-khi)
25. La-hu
26. Shui
27. Ching-p'o (Singpho, Kachin)
28. Ko-erh-k'e-tzu (Kirghiz)
29. T'u (Mongor)
30. Ta-kuan-erh (Daghor)
31. Mo-lao
32. Ch'iang
33. Pu-lang (Palaung)
34. Sa-la (Salar)
35. Ngo-lo-ssu (Russian)
36. K'e-lao
37. Hsi-po (Sipo)
38. Mao-nan
39. A-chang
40. T'a-chi-k'e (Tadjik)
41. Wu-tzu-pieh-k'e (Uzbek)
42. Nu
43. T'a-t'a-erh (Tatar)
44. O-wen-k'e (Evenki)
45. Pao-an
46. Yü-ku (Sara Uighur)
47. Peng-lung
48. Tu-lung
...
7,000,000
3,640,000
3,559,000
3,250,000
2,775,000
2,511,000
2,418,000
1,463,000
1,247,000
1,120,000
712,000
665,000
567,000
509,000
481,000
478,000
360,000
317,000
300,000 *
286,000
210,000
200,000
155,000
143,000
139,000
133,000
101,000
70,000
53,200
44,100
43,100
35,600
35,000
30,600
22,600
20,800
19,000
18,400
17,700
14,400
13,600
12,700
6,900
6,200
4,900
3,800
2,900
2,400
2,200
450
O-lun-ch'un (Orochun)
50. Ho-che (Nanai)
* Found by Fang Jen in 1955 to be 300,000, but Bruk listed 49,000.
† From April 19, 1957 issue of Kuang-ming Daily News.
† An estimate.
§ Collectively including the So-lun (4,900), T'ung-ku-ssu (Tungus: 1,205), and Ya-k'u-te (Yakut; 137).
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Order Minority Population Population (1953) 1 Chuang 7,000,000 2 Wei-wu-erh (Uighur) 3,640,000 3 Hui (Dungan) 3,559,000 4 Yi (Lolo, etc.) 3,250,000 5 Tsang (Tibetan) 2,775,000 6 Miao 2,511,000 7 Man (Manchu) 2,418,000 8 Meng-ku (Mongol) 1,463,000 9 Pu-yi 1,247,000 10 Ch'ao-hsien (Korean) 1,120,000 11 Tung 712,000 12 Yao 665,000 13 Pai (Pai-man) 567,000 14 Ha-sa-k'e (Kazakh) 509,000 15 Ha-ni 481,000 16 T'ai 478,000 17 Li 360,000 18 Li-su 317,000 19 Tu-chia 300,000 * 20 She 286,000 21 K'a-wa (Wa) 210,000 22 Kao-shan (Malay-Polynesian) 200,000 23 Tung-hsiang 155,000 24 Na-hsi (Na-khi) 143,000 25 La-hu 139,000 26 Shui 133,000 27 Ching-p'o (Singpho, Kachin) 101,000 28 Ko-erh-k'e-tzu (Kirghiz) 70,000 29 T'u (Mongor) 53,200 30 Ta-kuan-erh (Daghor) 44,100 31 Mo-lao 43,100 32 Ch'iang 35,600 33 Pu-lang (Palaung) 35,000 34 Sa-la (Salar) 30,600 35 Ngo-lo-ssu (Russian) 22,600 36 K'e-lao 20,800 37 Hsi-po (Sipo) 19,000 38 Mao-nan 18,400 39 A-chang 17,700 40 T'a-chi-k'e (Tadjik) 14,400 41 Wu-tzu-pieh-k'e (Uzbek) 13,600 42 Nu 12,700 43 T'a-t'a-erh (Tatar) 6,900 44 O-wen-k'e (Evenki) 6,200 45 Pao-an 4,900 46 Yü-ku (Sara Uighur) 3,800 47 Peng-lung 2,900 48 Tu-lung 2,400 49 O-lun-ch'un (Orochun) 2,200 50 Ho-che (Nanai) 450* Found by Fang Jen in 1955 to be 300,000, but Bruk listed 49,000.
† From April 19, 1957 issue of Kuang-ming Daily News.
† An estimate.
§ Collectively including the So-lun (4,900), T'ung-ku-ssu (Tungus: 1,205), and Ya-k'u-te (Yakut; 137).